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Apr 11, 1966 Tocopilla, Antofagasta Region, Chile 58 years old
Swedish writer
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About Melker Garay
- Melker Bent-Inge Garay (born 11 April 1966, in Tocopilla, Chile), is a Swedish author.
- Born to a Swedish father and Chilean mother, the family moved from Chile to Sweden in 1970, just prior to the Chilean Revolution in 1973.
- He was raised in Norrköping, on the east coast of Sweden, where he currently resides with his family. His writing revolves around theological, existential and philosophical topics.
- Garay debuted in 2008 with his novel The Verger (published by Norlén & Slottner).
- The Verger has been translated into several languages. In 2009, he became a member of the Swedish Writers' Union, and in 2012, he was elected as member of Svenska PEN, the Swedish link to the International PEN literary organisation.
- In 2014, Garay was elected to the Chilean Writers' Society. Garay has pursued extensive university studies in both the Humanities and Social Sciences.
- While studying at Uppsala University, he was one of the founding members of the 'Sine qua non' society, a culturally oriented society which published a journal entitled Kaos (translation: Chaos).
